The Captains and the Kings

Name: The Captains and the Kings
Author: Jennifer Johnston

by Jennifer Johnston

Novel exploring an Irish family's decay across generations in their ancestral estate

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Jennifer Johnston

Irish novelist whose slim, elegant novels explore Anglo-Irish decline and Protestant identity with quiet precision. How Many Miles to Babylon? is her most celebrated work. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

More by Jennifer Johnston

How Many Miles to BabylonNovel of Irish aristocrats during World War I, friendship, and tragic loss
The Gates
Shadows on Our SkinNovel set during the Troubles following a boy and his mother in Belfast
The Christmas TreeNovel set during World War II exploring family trauma and memory
How Many Miles to Babylon?Coming-of-age novel following two Irish boys on the eve of World War I
The Old JestNovel of love and revolution in eighteenth-century Ireland